Auction 46 Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Jul 7, 2015 (Your local time)
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LOT 16:

Family Tree of Rabbi Elazar Löw, Author of Shemen Rokeach – Berlin-Tel Aviv, 1925-1935

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Stammtafel des Rabbi Elazar Löw genannt Schemen Rokeach – Family tree of Rabbi Elazar Löw, author of Shemen Rokeach. [Berlin-Tel Aviv, c. 1926 and 1935]. German.
Large printed chart, folded, with a printed cardboard cover. the family tree was arranged by Rabbi Dr. Yitzchak Mintz and printed in Berlin. Apparently, the cover was printed in Tel Aviv in c. 1935 after the author immigrated to Eretz Israel.
Rabbi Elazar Löw (1758-1837, Otzar HaRabbanim no. 2919; Ishim B'Tshuvot HaChatam Sofer, p. 74), a famous Torah prodigy and leading figure in the generation of the Chatam Sofer and Rabbi Akiva Eiger. He served in the rabbinate of Wodzisław, Pilica, Triesch (Ťrešt), Ronsburg, Pilsen-Klattau, Liptószentmiklós (Liptovský Mikuláš) and Abaújszántó. Wrote many works and was famous for his book Shemen Rokeach. the Maharam Bennet wrote about one of his books: "this book was not written by a human being, rather by an angel of G-d ...".
Chart, 65X84 cm. Good condition, stains, tears to folding marks. Damages to cover.

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